Lucas…WORKS!
We attended an Autism Walk last Saturday in Manassas, VA. It was a very nice day, with perfect weather for a walk. Lucas, his dad and I were at this walk, not to walk but as vendors, selling our Safety, ID, Independent Living and Autism Awareness products.
We spent the night at Grammy and Grampa’s house in Virginia, and then were up, dressed in our LucasWorks Autism Awareness t-shirts, and out the door by 7:30. We arrived at the Walk location around 8:15. Lucas and Alan unloaded the van while I found us the perfect table.
Lucas has gone with us to some of these walks, and he usually has a pretty good time. He’s beginning to grasp that this is part of “work”, and that he’ll get paid for doing his job for the day. Of course, his job is explained in great detail, and usually consists of:
- Wearing an Autism Awareness shirt, and modeling it when asked to (standing up, opening his jacket and being still so someone can read the shirt.)
- Helping bring our supplies in at the beginning of the event, and helping take them back to the car afterwards.
- Not whining, complaining or making noises.
- Helping dad get food and/or drink for Mom while she’s too busy to get any!
This is a LOT for Lucas to keep track of in a strange environment full of noise and people, but he does pretty well, now that he’s gone to a few of them.
Of course, sometimes Lucas just needs to MOVE! He can’t sit there all day waiting to do something. So Alan spends a good portion of these events keeping an eye on when Lucas needs to get up and move around. He’ll take Lucas out to walk around and look at things, or go browse the other vendor tables, helping Lucas to say “Hey” to diffferent people he sees.
Lucas did really well at the Autism Walk, and got paid for his good job. I think he really likes that part of working for LucasWorks!
Discussion Area - Leave a Comment